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LIVERPOOL & c. NAV. CO. v. BROOKLYN EASTERN DISTRICT TERM'L

No. 81.

251 U.S. 48 (1919)

40 S.Ct. 66

64 L.Ed. 130

LIVERPOOL, BRAZIL & RIVER PLATE STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY v. BROOKLYN EASTERN DISTRICT TERMINAL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 8, 1919.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Van Vechten Veeder, with whom Mr. Charles C. Burlingham was on the brief, for petitioner:

Mr. Samuel Park, with whom Mr. Henry E. Mattison was on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a libel in admiralty brought by the petitioner against the respondent for a collision with the petitioner's steamship Vauban while it was moored at a pier in Brooklyn. The respondent does not deny liability but claims the right to limit it under Rev. Stats., §§ 4283, 4284 and 4285, to the value of the vessel that caused the damage. The moving cause was the respondent's steam tug Intrepid which...

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